Automobile radiator-heating apparatus.



B. O. KNUDSEN. AUTOMOBILE RADIATOR HEATING APPARATUS.

APPLIUATION FILED DSC51912 1,124,462, Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

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AUTOMOBILE RADIATOR HEATING APPARATUS.

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" 'i'signed for the purpose of cooling internal eombustion engines, of the type in which a 1 ia siiig through the same can be regulated nil- 1:71am it may concern)" th.rough small tubes o of a radiator; w'

tii'pefs .otradiators'and highly eliieient to UNITED STZIXTESJ PATENT ()FFICE.

BECKER oHR. sses, or CLINTON, rows.

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fie it known that I, BECKER C Kxonsnx, si'dent of Clinton, in the,.county of Clint'on and State of Iowa, a-oitizen of the 1,; United States. ha eini'enter a new and usefi.il".-'-\utomohile Radiator-l eating Apparaf -Oi which-the following is the specificahis inrention relates to an automobile ator heating apparatus, especially deuid circulates through chambers surrounding the engine cylinders and. also nspaices in the body the heat carried by the engine cylinders, is

the? liquid from "thrown oil by radiation, to the atmosphere.

iv inventionaims to provide, first, a radi villi means whereby the amount of 2111' v a. view "to-preventing the contents of e adi'ator from being frozen. Second, a ting apparatus that is simple in tonrufl'otion, durable,- inexpensive to manufactnre easv to regulate, applicable to various the purposes for which it is intended" V [\Vith the above'and other objects in vieitliefliniehtion resides in the novel construc- "easing, partly bro'lten,a\vav and partly in section, illustrating a heating medium for Specification of letters Patent.

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HEATING APPARATUS.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915;

1912. semi No. 735.169.

shown in Figs. 2 and 5, and Fig. 10 is a detail sectional view of a nortion of the radiator in accordance with -mv invention.-

ln describing'mv invention by the'aid'of l the drawings-herein referred toit is to be understood that the'views are merelv illustati ve of one embodiment of the heating apparatus. and that the following describtion and claims are to be construed broadly as includingsubstitute arrangementsfancl constructions for those herein mentioned.

In the drawings, 17 denotes a conventional form of radiator, oreferablv of that tvnc con'nnonli styled a honor-comb or celradiator isproi ided with a U-shaped frame 9 constituting a holder and guidesfor a. front cover, comprising n hitter section 1 and an upper section 4. The upper edge of the lower section lhas a longitudinal of the water tubes thereof while the other flange supports the lowerendof the section 4 of the front cover. 'The inwardli proieeting portion of the flange 3- provid'es a horizontal partition at the front side'ot the radiator, said partition cooperating-with a similar partition, to-bc herein-after described. -individ ng the radiator eompartinents. The lower section front co er has verticallv disposed 18 and 19 and between the olenings 19 there is a longitudinal slot '20. The slot '20 receives and guides a button E l carried bv a shutter 2 arranged noon 'the inner side or the lower cover section l.- The shutter 52 is of less length than the section 1 and is the contents of a radiator; Fig.2 is a-pers ,provided with openings 29, corresponding speetire view of a radiator in aceordaneer. "flv itli this invention, illustrating the heating jniedium partly broken away and partly in section; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the ioiier section of radiator cover: Fig. 4.is. a: fsiniilar ViGW of the upper sectionof. said cover; Fig. 5 is a perspective view o'taradi: ;ator' illustrating the rear side thereof and a cover therefor: Fig. 3 is an elevation of the section of the same cover; Fig: Sis a perspeclower seetion of therear cover of the radi? ator'; Pig. 7 is a similar view of the'uppeif .ti-ve. view of a radiator illustrating a modified "form of heating apparatus; Fig. 9 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of the preferred form of heating apparatus sideof the section 4'. The shutter 75 has ziongitudinai openings 33 corresponding in s-l'e and shape to the onenings 30 and 31 and by shifting the button 39 in'the slot 6 the shutter 5 can be raised or lowered whereby the area .of the openings admitting air The front side of the double flange 3, a portion of said flange ex?- tending into the radiator and engaging one to the radiator can be increased or decreased at will.

The rear side of the radiator 17 is closed by plates 8 and 11 constituting a rear cover and said plates are provided with vertical openings 34. fronting edges 8 and 11 is a'longitudinal-T- bar 37 havinga lateral flange 38 that extends inwardly and engages one of the water tubes 39 of the radiator. The flange 38 cooperates with the flange 3 in dividing the radiator into a lower compartment and an upper compartment, and it is in the lower compartment that the heating medium is circulated to prevent the contents ofthe tubes tl from freezing. The other flanges of the T-bar 37 serve as guides for shutters 9 and 13, the lower edge of the shutter 9 being supported and guided by an angle guide 42 and the upper edge of the shutter 13 guided by an angle guide 43. These guides are suitably secured to the cover plates 8 and 11, as best shown in Fig. 5. 1n the shutters 9 and 13 are vertical openings 44: corresponding ink size and shape to the openings 34. Secured to the ends of the shutters are stiffening strips 45 and said strips are connected by longitudinal draw-bars 10 and 14, the bar 14 being riveted or otherwise connected to the shutter 13 and the bar 10 similarly connected to the shutter 9. The bars 10 and 14 extend from the ends of the shutters to protrude through the wall 46 of the radiator and the lower edges of said draw-bars, at the protruding ends thereof, are provided with notches 47. The prctruding ends of the draw-bars are adjustable in openings provided therefor in the walls 46 ofthe radiator and the notches of these draw-bars are adapted to receive a wall of each opening whereby said shutters can. be locked in adjusted position. The shutters 5 and 13' cooperate in ccntrolling the passage of air through the upper part of the radiator and the shutters and 9 cooperate in controlling the passage of air through the lower part of the radiator, which forms a compartment that can be heated from a suitable source lo cated eXt-criorly of the radiator or interiorly thereof.

The wall 18 of the radiator 17 has an opening communicating with the lower compartment of the radiator. Suitably conncctrel to the wall 4Sand communication with the opening 15 is the angle-flue ltiof a. heating ap 'zaratus which in preferred form, embodies u casing -19 containing an acetylene burner that can be supplied with acetylene gas asnitalile reservoir (not shown). A gusolcnr be nor -)"2 and ordinary gas jets 36 are als loli'rtcd within the casing 4-9. either of which can be used in lieu of th acetylene s burner. 'llu three types of l u'ners are led within the casing for the convenlanes of using dillerent kinds of fuel and Arranged between the conas an instance of another heating medium, reference is had to Fig. 1 showing an ordinary lamp located in the casing 40 having a flue 39 adapted to be connected to the walls 48 of the radiator at the opening 15. The flue 16 has the outer angle portion thereoi cut away, as at 50, and provided with a door 28, which is hinged to the top 25 of the fine, as at 51. This door can be opened to permit smoke to escape, particularly when the gasolene burner 32 is placed in operation, otherwise the door28 remains closed and is held in such position by a conventional formof latch 52, as best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. y

The ends of the fine 16 adjoining the wall 48 of the radiator has a damper 26 which is attached to a vertical pivot rod 53 at one side of the flue. The upper end of the pivot rod 53 has a crank 27, the position of the crank corresponding to that of the damper,

whereby it is easy to determine the position of the damper within-a flue. The damper 26 controls the supply of heated air to the lower compartment of the radiator and when the heating apparatus is not in use the damper is closed. 7

An interior heating apparatus is illustrated in Fig. 8, wherein theradiator is provided with a small ccmpartmentlZ at the end of the lower compartment of the radiator. \Vithin the small compartment 12 i's'located a burner 54 adapted to be siip'plied with gas from a suitable source. \Vhcn the interior heater is used, the lower section 1 of the front cover is provided with a door 7 (see Figs. 2 and 3) said door having a sight opening and ventilating opening and it is water within said tubes, which circulates through thejackcts of the engine cylinders, and places said engine in condition for operation. It is through the medium of the various shutters that the heating of the water within the tubes 41' canbe. regulated to any degree and in thes'u'mmer time the shutters can be thrown-wide open or the front and rear plates bodily removed'from the radiator.

Heated air has been cited as an example of heating; medium that I may use and the inlet to the lower compartment of the radiator may he at any point convenicnt' to the location of the heating medium.

What I claim is t-- 1. The combination with a radiator having tubes, of sectional front and rear plates arranged against the front and rear sides of the radiator, guide ribs arranged between the sections of each plate and cooperating with the tubes of the radiator in providing a horizontal partition that divides said radiator into compartments, slide shutters movable against the inner side of said front plate, slide shutters movable against the outer side of said rear plate, and a heating apparatus having a flue in communication with one of the compartments of saidv radiator.

2. The combination with a radiator having tubes, of sectional front and rear plates carried thereby, guide ribs arranged between the sections of each plate and cooperating with the tubes of said radiator in providing a horizontal partition dividing said radiator into compartments, slide shutters mov able against the inner side of said front plate and operatable from the outer side thereof, slide shutters movable against the outer side of said rear plate and operatable from the side of said radiator, and a heating appa ratus having a line in communication wit the lowermost compartment of said radiator.

3. The combination with a ZMilRtUY having tubes, of sectional front and rear plates carried thereby, guide ribs arranged between the sections of each plate and cooperating with the tubes of said radiator in providing a horizontal partition dividing said radiator into compartments, slide shutters movable against the inner side of said front plate and ,operatable from the outer side thereof, slide shutters movable against the outer side of said rear plate and operatable from the side of said radiator, a heating apparatus having a tine in communication with the lowermost compartment of said radiator, and means carried by the fine of said heating apparatus for controlling the com- 46 munication between said apparatus and the compartment of said radiator.

4. The combination with a radiator having tubes, of sectional front and rear plates arranged-against the front and rear sides of 50 the radiator, guide ribs arranged between the sections of each plate and cooperating with the tubes of the radiator in providing a horizontal partition that divides said radiator into compartments, slide shutters movable against one side of said front plate slide shutters movable against one side 0 said rear plate, and a heating apparatus having a flue in communication with one of the compartments of said radiator.

5. The combination with a radiator hav ing tubes, of sectional detachable front and rear covers against the front and rear sides of the radiator, a horizontal ridge forming part of said covers and in contact with the 55 tubes of said radiator and cooperating therewith in forming a horizontal partition that divides said radiator into compartments, and a heating apparatus having a tlue in communication with one of the compart- 7 ments.

BECKER CHR. KNUDSEN.

Witnesses to signature:

JOHN H. Evans, ELLA F. Gamma. 

